Does it not return inconclusive too often?

Often, on files whose metadata was stripped. That is not a flaw in the summation but a shortage of signals that survive on such files, and it narrows as more techniques land.

Does raising the depth change the result?

It can, because more analyzers run and coverage rises. If nothing is left in the file, depth changes nothing.

Why is a probability shown on an inconclusive?

It is for reference and must be read together with the range. If the range is wide, do not use that one value as grounds.

Is an inconclusive still reported?

Yes. The reason and the evidence ledger go with it, so what was checked and what was missing are both on record.

What inconclusive means

Many tools produce a number even when they do not know. The number always arrives; what it rests on never does. This product says when the grounds are thin, and writes down why.

When it comes back inconclusive

When too few usable signals were found, when analysis coverage was low, when the uncertainty band was too wide, and when that band straddles a grade boundary. Decisive evidence pointing both ways at once also stops a verdict.

Judging by the range, not the point

Not a single 88 per cent but a range from 71 to 96. If the inner edge of the range does not clear a boundary, that grade is not given. This structurally removes the case where a wide, uncertain value reads as confidence.

There is always a stated reason

Every inconclusive carries a reason code: insufficient evidence, low coverage, a band too wide, or stylometry-only grounds. It appears on screen and in the report. We do not produce an inconclusive without a reason.

What you can do next

The reason decides the next move. For a copy with its metadata gone, find the original; for text that was too short, submit a longer passage; for low coverage, raise the depth and run it again. The result tells you what would change the answer.

Frequently asked

Does it not return inconclusive too often?: Often, on files whose metadata was stripped. That is not a flaw in the summation but a shortage of signals that survive on such files, and it narrows as more techniques land.
Does raising the depth change the result?: It can, because more analyzers run and coverage rises. If nothing is left in the file, depth changes nothing.
Why is a probability shown on an inconclusive?: It is for reference and must be read together with the range. If the range is wide, do not use that one value as grounds.
Is an inconclusive still reported?: Yes. The reason and the evidence ledger go with it, so what was checked and what was missing are both on record.